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Fifteen NYU and Poly Faculty Collaborations Awarded Research Funding

March 3, 2009
N-320, 2008-09

NYU Provost David McLaughlin and Poly Provost Erich Kunhardt today announced the first 15 research collaborations between NYU and NYU-Poly faculty to receive “seed” funding from a special competitive research pool established as part of the affiliation between the two institutions. The grants are meant to strengthen collaborations between the schools and serve as a platform for seeking future extramural funding.

The projects - which collectively received over $800,000 - were chosen from among 38 proposals on the basis of the quality of the proposed science. They include research on a device to prevent epileptic seizures, an exploration of how the structure of proteins changes in response to forces and environment, and new approaches to security and privacy in today’s technologically-drive world, among others.

The collaboration grants come on the heels of two major external grants to projects involving NYU and NYU-Poly faculty: the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, funded with $7.2 million from the National Science Foundation, and the Games for Learning Institute, which received $1.5 million in funding from Microsoft Research.

Provost McLaughlin said, “When NYU started down this path with Poly, this was just the outcome I envisioned: a burst of inspiration that allowed our scholars to pursue novel areas of research with new colleagues. I am very proud of these grantees, and I offer them my congratulations on their outstanding proposals. And I would like to thank everyone for their work in creating and selecting these ambitious and excellent proposals.”